Medium large transport leaves engine running after parking aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	231537
Time
Date	199301
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	231537
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Upon completion of 3 day sequence while parking at gate 1 engine was left inadvertently running upon completion of parking checklist in an medium large transport. Factors besides pilot error on the checklist procedure (missed 1 fuel lever) were the crew was fatigued after trip from east coast to west coast and having awakened at XA45 ca time to go to work. There was also a delay hooking up external power to the aircraft and the captain did not chop the fuel. First officer missed this item on checklist.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG LEAVES ENG RUNNING AFTER PARKING ACFT.

Narrative: UPON COMPLETION OF 3 DAY SEQUENCE WHILE PARKING AT GATE 1 ENG WAS LEFT INADVERTENTLY RUNNING UPON COMPLETION OF PARKING CHKLIST IN AN MLG. FACTORS BESIDES PLT ERROR ON THE CHKLIST PROC (MISSED 1 FUEL LEVER) WERE THE CREW WAS FATIGUED AFTER TRIP FROM E COAST TO W COAST AND HAVING AWAKENED AT XA45 CA TIME TO GO TO WORK. THERE WAS ALSO A DELAY HOOKING UP EXTERNAL PWR TO THE ACFT AND THE CAPT DID NOT CHOP THE FUEL. FO MISSED THIS ITEM ON CHKLIST.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.